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This guide lists all the Perks in The Outer Worlds 2. Read on to learn the different perks in Outer Worlds 2, their effects, and how to unlock them during gameplay here!

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Outer Worlds 2 AssassinAssassin Assassin: Movement Speed +100% for 5s ・Sneak 1 After scoring a kill from stealth, your movement speed is dramatically increased for a short time.
Outer Worlds 2 StalkerStalker +200% Sneak Attack Damage ・Perk: Assassin
・Sneak 5
You gain increased sneak attack damage against hostiles that are investigating you, a distraction device, or a corpse you've left behind.
Outer Worlds 2 BulletshieldBulletshield +10% Damage Resistance
+10% Base Health
・No Extra Requirements You gain a bonus to damage resistance and max health, just enemies are more likely to target you over your companions.
Outer Worlds 2 Brand EnthusiastBrand Enthusiast +20% Damage
Armor Rating +10
・No Extra Requirements While all of your equipped armor and weapons share the same brand, gain bonus damage and armor.
Outer Worlds 2 Serial KillerSerial Killer +5 Max health per heart collected ・Perk: Psychopath Humans you kill drop their heart. Gain a +5 bonus to max Health for each of these trophies you collected. The chance to drop is 100% if the target wasn't hostile with you.
Outer Worlds 2 ScrapperScrapper Gain additional crafting materials. ・Engineering 1 Automechanicals always drop some additional crafting materials.
Outer Worlds 2 NinjaNinja Ninja: +10% Evasion Chance in Heavy Armor
Ninja: +20% Evasion Chance in Light and Medium Armor
・No Extra Requirements While sprinting or sliding, incoming attacks against you have an increased chance to be outright avoided, increasing your Evasion. This is further increased when in light or medium armor.
Outer Worlds 2 PsychopathPsychopath Damage increased by +10%, +20% or +40% against enemies with Cautious, Begrudging or indignant factions respectively. ・No Extra Requirements Gain bonus damage against any faction you have negative Reputation with. This bonus is greater the worse your Reputation is.
Outer Worlds 2 Shrug it OffShrug it Off Gain 50% of Max Health as Temporary Health ・Requires 8 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Bulletshield
When combat starts and whenever one of your companions is downed, immediately gain temporary health equal to 50% of your max health.
Outer Worlds 2 TinkererTinkerer +10% Damage with modded weapons. Increases by 2.5% per Engineering skill point ・Engineering 5 Your modded weapons now deal bonus damage, increasing with your Engineering skill.
Outer Worlds 2 Makeshift ArmorerMakeshift Armorer +1 Armor Value to your equipped armor for every 25 hits crafted ・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Engineering 3
Whenever you craft items, your armor gains a temporary bonus to its armor value that degrades from incoming attacks. The bonus armor can take more hits before degrading as your Engineering skill increases.
Trophy Hunter +5% Critical Chance
+15% additional Critcal Chance against Strong enemies.
・No Extra Requirements You gain Critical Hit Chance with all weapons against all enemies. The chance is increased against Strong enemies, such as Leaders and Bosses that aren't heavily damaged.
Outer Worlds 2 Master ArmorerMaster Armorer Gain an additional armoring mod slot. ・Requires 9 or more total perks purchased.
・PerK: Makeshift Armorer
・Engineering 20
Your body armor gains an additional armoring mod slot, allowing you to add a second mod to your armor.
Outer Worlds 2 GrenadierGrenadier +10% Explosives Damage ・Explosives 2 You unlock an additional throwable equipment slot. You also gain a small bonus to explosives damage.
Outer Worlds 2 Hot BloodedHot Blooded +20% more stacks of burn damage applied when dealing Plasma damage.
Heal for 50% of damage dealt by Burn and plasma explosions
・Explosives 1 You can now apply Burn faster and heal whenver Burn deals damage or reaches max stacks.
Outer Worlds 2 Pitch/Tossball WingerPitch/Tossball Winger +20% Explosives Damage
Deal 50 physical damage on a direct hit with a grenade or mine and staggers.
・Explosives 1 Direclty hitting anyone with a grenade or mine will deal damage and scatter them. Explosives also deal more damage,
Outer Worlds 2 Secret RecipeSecret Recipe Eliminates area damage dropoff for all explosives ・Explosives 6 Your explosives deal full damage across their entire blast zone.
Outer Worlds 2 Incendiary ChefIncendiary Chef Unlocks Volatile Grenades ・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Explosives 8
Unlocks the recipe to craft Volatile Grenades. Volatile Grenades deal signifcant damage, but holding them for too long can cause them to explode in your hands!
Outer Worlds 2 DemolitionistDemolitionist +50% Damage Radius ・Requires 8 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Secret Recipe
・Explosives 20
All of your explosives have increased area of effect and can no longer deal damage to you. Hazards left by explosives are still dangerous.
Outer Worlds 2 CommandoCommando Weapon Slot +1 ・Melee 1 or Guns 1 You unlock an additional weapon slot.
Outer Worlds 2 Point Blank ArtistPoint Blank Artist +100% Sneak Attack Damage
+30% Damage to near enemies
-15% Damage to far enemies
・Guns 1 Damage with shotguns, SMGs, and pistols is increased against targets within 10m, but less above that distance. These weapons also gain increased sneak attack damage.
Outer Worlds 2 SharpshooterSharpshooter +100% Sneak Attack Damage
+30% Damage to far enemies
-15% Damage to near enemies
・Guns 1
・Observation 1
Marksman, assault, and sniper rifles deal increased damage at distances >20m, but less below that distance. Sneak attack damage for these weapons is also increased.
Outer Worlds 2 Heavy Handed!Heavy Handed! Knocks down enemies hit with a melee power attack. ・No Extra Requirements Melee power attacks knock down the enemies hit. Has a cooldown between activations. 10 second cooldown.
Outer Worlds 2 Crabble RancherCrabble Rancher +10% Ranged Damage
+20% Critical Chance
・Guns 2 Marksman rifles, pistols and shotguns deal increased damage. While the magazine of one of these weapons is half-empty, also gain a bonus to critical hit chance.
Outer Worlds 2 Serendipitous SlayerSerendipitous Slayer +10% Critical Chance, Cooldown: 1s ・Guns 2 You gain an innate critical hit chance with pistols and SMGs. Additionally, critical hits with these weapons automatically reload a small portion of the weapon's magazine.
Outer Worlds 2 Shiny New ToyShiny New Toy +20% Damage ・Perk: Commando
・Guns 5 or Melee 5
You gain bonus to damage for a moderate duration after swapping weapons.
Outer Worlds 2 Trick ShotTrick Shot Enemies killed on weakspot ricochet on other targets. ・Guns 1
・Observation 1
Weakspot kills ricochet, dealing damage to a second nearby target.
Outer Worlds 2 Deep DrumsDeep Drums +20% Magazine Size ・Guns 3 Machine Guns, Special Weapons and Assault Rifles slowly reload automatically. Additionally, all weapons have an increased magazine size.
Outer Worlds 2 Gun RunnerGun Runner -50% Ranged Weapon Spread
Movement Penalty to Accuracy -50%
・Guns 4 You can now fire while sliding, mantling and sprinting with assault rifles, shotguns and SMGs. Additionally, the spread for these weapon types is reduced.
Outer Worlds 2 Eden WindageEden Windage +25% Weapon Range
+25% Weakspot Damage
・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Crabble Rancher
・Guns 3
Marksman rifles, pistols and sniper rifles have increased range and weakspot damage.
Outer Worlds 2 Hail of LeadHail of Lead Hail of Lead: +2% Damage per Shot ・Requires 6 or more total perks purchased.
・Guns 5
Guns with automatic or burst fire deal increasing damage the more you fire. This bonus resets after swapping weapons or not firing for a few seconds and has a cap of +100%.
Outer Worlds 2 MultitaskerMultitasker Secondary weapon autoloads after primary weapon is reloaded ・Requires 7 or more total perks purchased
・Perk: Commando
・Guns 14
Your holstered weapons reload automatically when you manually reload your active weapon.
Outer Worlds 2 Penetrating ShotsPenetrating Shots +50% Armored Penetration
+50% Armored Penetration
・Requires 8 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Point Blank Artist
・Guns 6
Your shotguns and SMGs ignore a portion of armor, making them effectiev against armored enemies.
Outer Worlds 2 SuppresisionistSuppresisionist -75% Firing Noise
+100% Sneak Attack Damage
・Requires 5 or more total perks purchased.
・Guns 8
・Sneak 8
Pistols gain increased sneak-attack damage and are quieterr. Guns of any type with Silencers make no noise whatsoever.
Outer Worlds 2 Lucky StrikesLucky Strikes +100% Critical Damage
Deals 20% of nearby hostile's health in damage on killing with critical hit.
・Requires 11 or more total perks purchased.
・Guns 20 or Melee 20
Critical hits do significantly more damage. Critical hits that kill cause the target to explode and deal damage to nearby hostiles.
Outer Worlds 2 Manual ResetManual Reset Automechanical is Stunned for 20s
+10% Damage to Automechanicals
・Hack 1 You can hack into automechanicals, forcing them to restart, temporarily disabling them. Also gains a bonus to damage against automechs.
Outer Worlds 2 Restricted AccessRestricted Access Unlocks restricted items on vending machines ・Hack 1 You can access the restricted inventory of vending machines.
Outer Worlds 2 Bit TransferBit Transfer Immediately cash out bits from bounty terminals. ・Hack 2
・Perk: Restricted Access
Bounty terminals now have an option to immediately cash out bits by hacking into bank accounts. You'll need to earn 7'200 EXP to access drained accounts.
Outer Worlds 2 Automech JammerAutomech Jammer -75% Automech Awareness Detection Rate
+5% Critical Chance
・Hack 5 You passively jam automechanicals, reducing the speed of which they detect you and making it easier to sneak by them. You also gain a small critical hit chance against automechs.
Outer Worlds 2 Automech AnatomistAutomech Anatomist Automechanical weakspot hits deal 50% of your weapon's damage as Shock to nearby enemies. ・Requires 5 or more total perks purchased.
・Hack 10
Your weakspot hits against automechanicals cause shock damage to chain to nearby enemies.
Outer Worlds 2 Plug PullerPlug Puller Permanently disable hacked automechs ・Requires 10 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Manual Reset
・Hack 20
Hacked automechs are permanently disabled rather than temporarily disabled. Permanently disabled automechs reward XP and can be looted.
Outer Worlds 2 Inspiring CommanderInspiring Commander Companion Command meters fill 5% each time the party scores a kill. ・Leadership 1 Kills scored by either you or the party charge each companion's ability a small amount.
Outer Worlds 2 ComraderyComradery +25% Damage Resistance for 10s ・Leadership 5 The party gains significant damage resistance for a short period of time after reviving or being revived by a companion. Taking damage no longer reduces your progress to reviving a companion.
Outer Worlds 2 Busy BodiesBusy Bodies Companions will gather materials items when you're away from the ship ・Leadership 2 Your companions will gather crafting materials and items for you while you're away from the ship. The amount gathered is based off of XP earned while away.
Outer Worlds 2 Vital StrikerVital Striker +100% Sneak Attack Damage ・Requires 9 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 15
・Sneak 15
Sneak Attack damage with light melee weapons is increased. Additionally, in combat your light melee weapons always deal half of their sneak attack bonus.
Outer Worlds 2 NegotiatorNegotiator +75 Reputation gained with all factions
-20% Companion Ability Charge Time
・Speech 9
・Leadership 9
Your companion abilities charge faster and you gain positive reputation with all factions. As long as a faction doesn't dislike you, you will become Exalted with them.
Outer Worlds 2 On Your FeetOn Your Feet +10m Companion Revive Range ・Perk: Comradery
・Leadership 20
You can revive your companions from a distance.
Outer Worlds 2 PickpocketPickpocket Allows you to pickpocket NPCs ・Lockpick 1 Gain the ability to pickpocket others. Pickpocketing can be activated by crouching up to an unaware human and havving enough backpack skill.
Outer Worlds 2 Bag CheckBag Check +5% Critical Chance ・Perk: Pickpocket
・Lockpick 4
While crouching, you can see the contents of a person's inventory before pickpocketing them. Gain a small bonus to critical chance.
Outer Worlds 2 Through the KeyholeThrough the Keyhole +50% Weapon Range ・Lockpick 2 The contents of a locked container can be viewed before lockpicking. Also, you gain an increased range bonus with guns.
Outer Worlds 2 Sleight of HandsSleight of Hands -50% Pickpocket Interaction Time
+10% Sneak Attack Damage per Lockpick skill
・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Pickpocket
・Lockpick 8
Pickpocketing is significantly faster and you gain a bonus to sneak attack damage based on your Lockpick skill.
Outer Worlds 2 Caustic ResearcherCaustic Researcher +20% more stacks of Vulnerable applied when dealing corrosion damage
+10% Critical Chance against enemies afflicted by Dissolved
・Medical 1 You now apply Vulnerable faster when dealing with Corrosive damage. Additionally, your critical hit chance against Dissolved foes is increased.
Outer Worlds 2 ConnoiseurConnoiseur +25% healing from Food and Drink
+25% inhaler charge from Drugs
・Medical 1 Consumed food and drinks heal for more. Additionally, drugs add additional inhaler charge.
Outer Worlds 2 Pharm-thusiastPharm-thusiast -25% Toxicity received from the Medical inhaler ・Medical 2 You unlock an additional primer slot, allowing you to use multple primers at once and toxicity gained is decreased. Using the inhaler with multiple primers applies both effects but all toxicity is combined.
Outer Worlds 2 NatureNature's Friend Tamed: Will fight for you fo 10s but not follow you
+10% Damage to Creatures
・Medical 4 You can temporarily tame hostile creatures by sneaking up to them and having enough Medical skill. Gain a bonus damage against creatures.
Outer Worlds 2 Silent StepsSilent Steps Footsteps are silent for 8 seconds. ・Sneak 6 After leaving stealth, your footsteps are silent for a short duration.
Outer Worlds 2 SurvivalistSurvivalist All creatures drop raw meat regardless ・Medical 2 Creatures always drop raw meat, which can be eaten as food.
Outer Worlds 2 Zyranium AbsorptionZyranium Absorption Zyranium poisoning is accumulated 50% slower
-35 Zyranium poisoning on drug crash end
・Medical 3 You accumulate zyranium poisoning much slower and are immune to Light and Heavy poisoning after accumulating too much. Maxing out your zyranium poisoning will still kill you, however.
Outer Worlds 2 Inhaler OverloadInhaler Overload +20% Damage
+3 Armor Rating and 10% Evasion Chance
+50% Movement Speed
・Medical 3
・Perk: Pharm-thusiast
Using the Medical Inhaler costs an extra inhaler charge and increases toxicity cost but grants a large amount of bonuses for a moderate duration. Activate overload by holding down Use Inhaler in combat.
Outer Worlds 2 Crash RecoveryCrash Recovery 2% health per second ・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Medical 8
While crashing, you continuously regenerate a small amount of health.
Outer Worlds 2 Hungry GunsHungry Guns 100% Bio-Mass Ammo Pool Size
+10% Corrosion Damage
・Perk: Caustic Researcher
・Medical 4
Guns that use bio-mass as ammo can hold twice as much before needing to be reloaded. You also deal more corrosive damage.
Outer Worlds 2 NatureNature's Best Friend Tamed creatures will not follow you buyt will fight other enemies nearby permanently. ・Perk: Nature's Friend
・Medical 10
Tamed creatures are now permanently tamed, rewarding XP but can't be looted.
Outer Worlds 2 Lasting HighLasting High -50% Inhaler Heal Effectiveness while Crashing
-30% Crash Depletion Rate
・Requires 8 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Crash Recovery
・Medical 12
You can now use your medical inhaler while crashing, but at reduced efficacy. Crashes now last longer.
Outer Worlds 2 DuelistDuelist Duelist: On Perfect Block, stun the target for 8s ・Melee 1 You gain the ability to perform a perfect block with melee weapons. Timing your blocks against incoming melee attacks will stun the attacker.
Outer Worlds 2 Run and HitterRun and Hitter +25% damage onj your next hit with a 1-handed melee weapon
50% damage on your next hit with a 2-handed melee weapon
・Melee 2 After sprinting for a short duration, the first melee attack performed gains bonus damage. This damage increase is larger for 2-handed melee weapons.
Outer Worlds 2 Echoing BlowsEchoing Blows Heavy Melee weapons deal 50% of their weapon damage
Light Melee weapons deal 25% of their weapon damage
・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 6
Your melee attacks deal a small portion of damage in a large cone in front of you. The damage of the cone is increased for two-handed weapons.
Outer Worlds 2 Light StepLight Step Safely walk over mines and traps. ・Requires 5 or more total perks purchased.
・Sneak 10
Walking over traps and mines will never set them off.
Outer Worlds 2 Tit for TatTit for Tat Heal for 25% of damage by melee weapons. ・Requires 7 or more total perks purchased
・Melee 10
A percent of outgoing melee damage is returned as health.
Outer Worlds 2 Treasure HunterTreasure Hunter Allows you to pick up bonus bits when looting containers ・Observation 1 Searching through containers can occassionally reward you with bonus bits of crafting materials.
Outer Worlds 2 Face ReaderFace Reader +20% Damage to humans ・Observation 5 In conversations, options that reduce reputation with a faction are highlighted before choosing them. Additionally, gain a bonus to damage against humans.
Outer Worlds 2 TrackerTracker Minimap tracks enemies current position and detection radius ・Observation 3 Hostiles on the mini-map are no longer hidden by the shroud - the area outside the player's filed of view - and have their facing shown.
Outer Worlds 2 Keen ObserverKeen Observer Keen Observer: +25% Weakspot Damage ・Perk: Trick Shot
・Observation 8
You gain increased weakspot damage when crouched and not moving.
Outer Worlds 2 Electro-TherapistElectro-Therapist +20% more stacks of Electrocuted applied when dealing Shock damage
Scramble: Will fight for you for 5s
・Science 1 You now apply Electrocuted faster. Weak Automechs become Scrambled instead and will attack their allies for a duration and take damage over time. Does not work with leaders and bosses until health has been sufficiently reduced.
Outer Worlds 2 Rapid RechargeRapid Recharge Energy Recharge Rate +500% for 5s. Cooldown: 30s ・Science 1 After dropping to 10% or less gadget energy, energy recharges faster for a few seconds.
Outer Worlds 2 Slow-moreSlow-more +25% Evasion Chance while in TTD
+1 Energy on evading damage
・Science 3 When using the Tactical Time Dilation gadget, you gain increased Evasion chance, ignoring enemy attacks and restoring a small amount of gadget energy. Occurs whether gadget is equipped or not.
Outer Worlds 2 Contingency ScreenContingency Screen Immediately activate Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus when health is 25%. Cooldown: 30s ・Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus
・Science 3
When your health hits 25%, the Gas-Energy Deflection Apparatus gadget automatically activates without spending energy.
Outer Worlds 2 Weakspot ScannerWeakspot Scanner +20% Weakspot Damage ・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・N-Ray Scanner
・Science 6
Weakspots are highlighted and damage dealt to them is increased when using the N-Ray Scanner.
Outer Worlds 2 Pitch/Tossball HackerPitch/Tossball Hacker Ignore 50% of the target's Armor Value when attacking with a melee weapon. ・Requires 5 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 8
Your melee attacks ignore a portion of the target's armor.
Outer Worlds 2 Cold BloodedCold Blooded +20% more stacks of Chilled applied when dealing Frost damage
Deal 20% of nearby hostile's health in damage on killing a Frozen target
・Requires 6 or more total perks purchased.
・Science 9
You can now apply Chilled faster when dealing Frost damage, and enemies killed while Frozen will shatter, dealing frost damage to hostiles in the area.
Outer Worlds 2 Targeting ScannerTargeting Scanner Allows target marking with N-Ray Scanner ・N-Ray Scanner
・Science 5
Focusing on a target with the N-Ray Scanner will mark them. Marking targets prioritizes them for companions and causes the party's attack against them to regenerate your energy.
Outer Worlds 2 Zyranium PoweredZyranium Powered Up to 10 energy per 1s as Zyranium poisoning increases ・Requires 7 or more total perks purchased
・Perk: Zyranium Absorption
・Science 5
Your energy recharges faster based on the amount of zyranium poisoning you have accumulated.
Outer Worlds 2 Sprayer PrayerSprayer Prayer Acidic Dematerializer can charge, dealing more damage but costing more energy ・Auntie's Acidic Dematerializer
・Science 6
Auntie's Acidic Dematerializer can be charged, allowing its projectile to travel further and deal more damage. Charging the gadget costs more energy.
Outer Worlds 2 N-RadiatorN-Radiator 100% additional damage done as N-Ray. Cooldown 3s ・Requires 12 or mor total perks purchased
・Science 20
Once every few seconds, when you deal damage, you will deal the damage again as N-Ray.
Outer Worlds 2 Space RangerSpace Ranger +2.5% Damage per Speech skill ・Speech 1 Your Speech skill also scales damage.
Outer Worlds 2 Palm-GreaserPalm-Greaser -50% Bribe Costs
+20% Vendor Buying Price for Stolen Items
・Speech 2 Bribes now cost less and stolen items sell for more.
Outer Worlds 2 IntimidatorIntimidator Frightened: The target flees from combat for 8s. Does not affect automechanicals. 2 minutes cooldown. ・Speech 5 Dealing damage to Weak humans or creatures Frightens them for a short duration, with cooldowns between triggers. Strong enemies will not be frightened until their health is sufficiently reduced.
Outer Worlds 2 Wholesale SpenderWholesale Spender -10% Vendor Prices
+20% Sell Value at Vendors
・Speech 4 Buying or selling items with a vendor accrues goodwill. After accuring enough, you gain a permanent discount and sell bonus with that vendor.
Outer Worlds 2 CharlatanCharlatan Higher success chance when lying in dialogue
Reduced chances of enemies targeting you
・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Speech 6
Many of your lies are more believable and will more likely be accepted as true. Additionally, the likelihood that enemies will target you is reduced.
Outer Worlds 2 GhostGhost Invisible to enemies and deal bonus damage. 3 minutes cooldown. ・Sneak 2 If yo're crouched when an NPC starts investigating you, gain Camouflaged for a short duration. Has a cooldown between activations, which decreases based on Sneak skill.
Outer Worlds 2 Grim VisageGrim Visage Frightened: The target flees from combat for 8s. Does not affect automechanicals. ・Requires 6 or more total perks purchased.
・Perk: Intimidator
・Speech 9
Scoring a kill will temporarily apply Frightened to human and creature enemies. Strong enemies and bosses cannot be Frightened until their health is reduced.
Outer Worlds 2 Tall Tale TellerTall Tale Teller +20% Damage ・Requires 7 or more total perks purchased
・Perk: Charlatan
・Speech 10
Only your most outlandish lies aren't believed, being able to lie about more things. Gain damage to enemies not targeting you directly.
Serial Dabbler -5% Companion Ability Charge Time ・Progress In Pursuit of Purloined Propaganda Learning from the serials of Commander Zane & Buddy, you better lead your crew. Companion abilities charge somewhat faster.
Outer Worlds 2 DefuserDefuser Adds defused mines to your inventory, allowing you to plant them. ・Explosives 3 Whenever you disable a mine, it is added to your inventory so you can place it yourself.

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Open up the Character Menu and find the Perks you currently have on the Perk Screen. Here you can see the different available perks the game provides and how to unlock them.

Follow the Requirements to Unlock and Use the Perk

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The following are the consistent requirements to unlock a perk, do note that some perks require a combination of these pre-requisites to unlock them.

  • Perk Point Cost, with most perks costing one perk point to unlock.
  • Skill Level Requirement, requiring you to upgrade your Skills in the process.
  • Another Perk required to get the perk wanted.
  • Special Item or Weapon required to get the perk.
  • Number of perks bought also affects perk availability.

Once these requirements are fulfilled, the perk can be purchased and will be constantly active throughout your playthrough.

Acquired by Playing Through the Game

Secret Perks
Perks also appear from gameplay and exploration, appearing as rewards for quests or doing certain specific activities. These perks will appear also on your Perk Screen, so make sure to check it to properly equip these perks!

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Character Upgrades Acquired During Gameplay

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Perks are upgrades you can provide to your character and companions during your playthrough. These upgrades will be permanently available in that run, altering your gameplay style and making your Commander and companions unique in every run.

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